Letter
Robert Patterson to Ghorge Cadwalader, June 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. GhorGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division :
GENERAL: The commanding general wishes you to detach forthwith the whole of the Rhode Island regiment and battery, and send it immediately on receipt of this, with secret orders, to this place to march to Frederick, and there take rail for Washington City. Stop also the cavalry going towards Cumberland, and be ready to fall back to this bank of the Potomac. Orders will be sent to you to-morrow by noon.
By order of Major-General Patterson :
F. J. PORTER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HpQrs. DEPARTMENT NORTHEASTERN Virginia,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HpQrs. DEPARTMENT NORTHEASTERN Virginia,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Hagerstown, Md..
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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